Tag Archives: Second Temple Judaism

Answers to Questions Regarding Heavenly Ascent in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature

This post comprises some very interesting questions posed to me by a new reader of this blog, Steve Bastasch, regarding the development of the “heavenly ascent” theme in early Christian thought and writings and their Jewish background. My answer to these questions follows. ————————————————————————— Steve: I’m new to your Heavenly Ascents blog – it looks [...]
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Items Worth a Look

I just wanted to point out a couple of items I think would be worth your time to check out. James Carroll, a PhD student at BYU, has done a lot of wonderful work on the temple and ancient scripture. He has a blog called Amateur Scriptorians that I recommend taking a look at. Most [...]
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Some Notes on the Son of Man in Ancient Jewish Literature

This post, much like my last one, represents some brief notes that I made on the topic of the title “son of man” as it appears in the Old Testament and in later Second Temple Jewish writings preceding the coming of Christ. As the title is frequently applied to Christ in the New Testament, it [...]
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Christmas: The Original Story

I recently received a copy of Margaret Barker’s newest book, Christmas: The Original Story (SPCK, 2008), from a dear friend. As the book generally only ships from England, it is quite difficult yet to get a copy–some I am extra grateful to have had the opportunity to receive it and give it a thorough read. [...]
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Age of the Fathers: History of Religions Debate

I must apologize for have gone for a whole week without posting anything here. I’m still working out some things with the transfer of this blog to a new server–and also still trying to get used to my new schedule of school and seminary teaching. Anyways, I’m back and have more notes to share with [...]
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